These are the major laws that affect the incarceration at the federal level; many states have mandatory minimums and similar policies. But that is changing. It is simply ineffective and inappropriate for states to focus only on new drug legislation. Twenty-three states have recently repealed drug penalties‚ including revision or even elimination of mandatory minimums‚ reclassifying what constitutes a drug offense‚ revising sentencing enhancements (being convicted of the same crime twice results
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Europe’s success would not have happened without the initial aid from the United States. Europe was devastated by years of conflict during World War II; millions of people had been killed and wounded. The physical loss of life‚ the visible destruction of cities‚ factories‚ mines‚ and railroads left Europe in need of aid. The United States came to the rescue and pumped billions and billions of dollars back into the European economy through The Marshall Plan. The Marshall plan also known as the European
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Industrial Revolution impact 3 distinct areas of the world between the 17th and 19th centuries? The Industrial Revolution between 18th and 19th centuries brought a fundamental change to the way goods were produced and it altered the way individuals lived forever. Occurring over hundreds of years‚ the industrial revolution made a dramatic impact on ever aspect of life. This revolution occurred first in Great Britain‚ and soon reached places like North America and Japan. The Industrial Revolution impacted
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There were many causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution. The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment combined to create a new world view. This‚ in turn‚ led to the creation of new technology and organizations like the British Royal Society of Arts focused on progress and Enlightenment ideals. The Agricultural Revolution and enclosure movements led to increased agricultural productivity and produced a pool of potential workers to work in new factories‚ leading to ability for industrial
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With many flaws in this new revolution‚ does however‚ also come some positive impacts. Our time is a time of evolving‚ learning new things to share with the world‚ which the industrial revolution allows. We are learning from clocks that the spinning wheel could make cotton fibers. We use the water wheel to produce energy and as long as we have a supply of cotton our factories could grow bigger. We look at the dark side of things but in the time of the bad we have goods like making a social progress
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The base of all human accomplishment derives from the Paleolithic era. These beginnings of mankind could be considered our most important. The first tools were developed‚ stone tools used to shape wood‚ dig for food‚ or weaponry. The progression in tools shows the growth in thinking‚ first using objects for tools then creating tools to fit a certain need such as sharpening stone for cutting. Tools were used to fashion weapons like a bow and arrow. Man learned how to make fire with friction for heat
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With the beginning of human history comes the Stone Age—comprised of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras. The start of tool-making marks the former; the start of agriculture marks the latter. The first forms of tools in the Paleolithic Era were quite basic and rough‚ made from materials like wood‚ bone‚ and stone. Tools such as choppers for cracking bone and scrapers for preparing animal hide were used‚ and were then designed upon by later hominoids‚ from which weapons like clubs‚ spears‚ and knives
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“The Effects of Negative Human Interaction on the Environment” This essay will discuss the two prevailing theories regarding the effects that humans have on their environment. One of these theories describes negative human interaction as harmless. The other views them as the main reason for the degradation of our planet. I will define both points of view and lay out the arguments of each. I will finally argue that there is enough evidence to prove that humans are indeed responsible for the decay
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Freedom of speech and press‚ equality before the law‚ right to property and security‚ and the separation of Church and State. All of these things we take for granted as our fundamental rights but until the French Revolution‚ these concepts were rare in most nations. The Revolution helped spread ideas of democracy through inspiring fear in the hearts of monarchs running absolutist governments as well as through the birthing of documents like the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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Effects of the revolution on the Arts Music * Mariachi was declared to be Mexico’s national music after the revolution * Indigenismo was a common motif for the genre of music that resulted after the revolution * Artist started blending indigenous music with European music creating regional folk music * Norteno music became popular after the revolution. Norteno evolved from intermingling Czech and Bohemian rhythms. * The Mexican revolution gave birth to a number of Corridos
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